[ebooktalk] Re: FW: Granta list of new writers

  • From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:50:27 +0100

Mandy, I don't think you're a numpty at all.  It sometimes gets like that,
you remember the book but not the title.  It was called "white teeth" by the
way.
Trish.
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  I also didn't enjoy Zadie Smith, I started her first one.....you're going
to think me a numty, I can't remember it's name but it was awful.

  Love Mandy X



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  Shell,

  I have heard interviews with a couple of the women writers - Naomi
Alderman and Taia Silassi.  I have read one and a half novels by Zadie
Smith, but didn't care for either of them and won't be reading any more.

  Trish.

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[mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shell
    Sent: 16 April 2013 20:31
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    Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: FW: Granta list of new writers

    Thanks Trish,

    I haven't heard of many of those authors, though I have fancied trying
Ross Raisin for a while.

    Shell.




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    From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:28 PM
    To: "Ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: [ebooktalk] FW: Granta list of new writers

    > I thought this might be of interest.  There is more information about
all
    > the writers on the audible.co.uk website.
    > Trish.
    >  Women writers in the ascendant in Granta's once-a-decade Best of
Young
    > British Novelists list
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Nick Clark
    >
    >
    >
    > Monday, 15 April 2013
    >
    > The future of women's fiction looks bright as the once-a-decade list
of best
    > young British authors was dominated, for the first time in its 40-year
    > history, by female authors.
    >
    >
    >
    > Literary magazine Granta yesterday published the fourth in its
landmark
    > series of the Best of Young British Talent.
    >
    >
    >
    > The 20-strong list of novelists was made up of 12 women, up from eight
on
    > the previous list a decade earlier the highest so fare.
    >
    >
    >
    > Jonathan Ruppin, web editor at book shop Foyles, said: "This is the
first
    > time there has been a majority of women.  For a long time women have
bought
    > a lot of fiction. As a lot more women are reading, so a lot more are
    > writing."
    >
    >
    >
    > "This list is a reflection that there are a hell of a lot of women
writers
    > out there, many of whom have been unrecognised so far," he said: "I am
    > reading many more interesting debuts from women at the moment."
    >
    >
    >
    > The Granta list has been famed for picking future literary stars.
Alumni
    > include Sir Salman Rushdie, Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro
and AL
    > Kennedy.
    >
    >
    >
    > The class of 2013 includes two who made the list a decade ago in Zadie
    > Smith, author of NW and winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and
Adam
    > Thirlwell.
    >
    >
    >
    > New names selected include Taiye Selasi, whose debut novel Ghana Must
Go
    > caused a sensation on its release last month, Benjamin Markovits, a
former
    > professional basketball player in Germany, and Naomi Alderman. As well
as
    > writing three novels, she co-created fitness application Zombies,
Run!.
    >
    >
    >
    > John Freeman, the editor of Granta, said: "From satirists to
humourists to
    > sweeping epic-spinners, these writers have a command of language and
their
    > form which is simply astonishing." He added: "They show that the novel
has a
    > bold and brilliant future in Britain."
    >
    >
    >
    > All of the authors are British citizens - except Kamila Shamsie who is
in
    > the process of getting citizenship - but many have backgrounds from
all over
    > the world. From Somalia and China, to Texas and Karachi.
    >
    >
    >
    > Mr Ruppin said: "This list does reflect the ethnic diversity of
British
    > writing. It reflects that publishing is opening up to talented writers
from
    > different backgrounds."
    >
    >
    >
    > It includes Xiaolu Guo, who grew up in a small fishing village in
southern
    > China with no access to books, who has written novels in Chinese and
    > English. Nadifa Mohamed, who was born in Somalia in 1981 and moved to
London
    > five years later, made the longlist for the Orange prize for Black
Mamba
    > Boy.
    >
    >
    >
    > Mr Ruppin said: "In terms of reputation, this list does a huge amount.
It
    > can be tough for a young author to follow up a first time book, but
this is
    > about the writer."
    >
    >
    >
    > The youngest to make the list was 28-year-old Ned Beauman, whose
second
    > novel The Teleportation Accident was longlisted for the Man Booker
Prize.
    >
    >
    >
    > Only a few months older is Helen Oyeyemi, who wrote The Icarus Girl
while
    > studying for her A levels and is working on her fifth novel.
    >
    >
    >
    > Sunjeev Sahota had not read a novel until he was 18, picking up Granta
    > alumnus Sir Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children in an airport on the
way to
    > visit relatives in India. His novel Ours are the Streets was published
in
    > 2011.
    >
    >
    >
    > Other names include poet and novelist Adam Foulds, Evie Wyld, who runs
an
    > independent bookshop in Peckham and Sarah Hall, who has written four
novels
    > including one that made the Booker shortlist, and who Mr Ruppin has
    > earmarked as a literary star.
    >
    >
    >
    > Granta Best of Young British Novelists: the list in full
    >
    > Naomi Alderman
    >
    >
    >
    > Tahmima Anam
    >
    >
    >
    > Ned Beauman
    >
    >
    >
    > Jenni Fagan
    >
    >
    >
    > Adam Foulds
    >
    >
    >
    > Xiaolu Guo
    >
    >
    >
    > Sarah Hall
    >
    >
    >
    > Steven Hall
    >
    >
    >
    > Joanna Kavenna
    >
    >
    >
    > Benjamin Markovits
    >
    >
    >
    > Nadifa Mohamed
    >
    >
    >
    > Helen Oyeyemi
    >
    >
    >
    > Ross Raisin
    >
    >
    >
    > Sunjeev Sahota
    >
    >
    >
    > Taiye Selasi
    >
    >
    >
    > Kamila Shamsie
    >
    >
    >
    > Zadie Smith
    >
    >
    >
    > David Szalay
    >
    >
    >
    > Adam Thirlwell
    >
    >
    >
    > Evie Wyld
    >
    >
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